(offtopic) RE: [Python-Dev] Python 2.0 license and GPL

Neil Schemenauer nas@arctrix.com
Fri, 15 Dec 2000 04:03:04 -0800


On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 11:17:08AM -0500, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
> I'm not sure I agree with that view either, but mostly because there
> is a non-GPL replacement for parts of the readline API:
> 
>     http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/downloads/editline.html

It doesn't work with the current readline module.  It is much
smaller than readline and works just as well in my experience.
Would there be any interest in including a copy with the standard
distribution?  The license is quite nice (X11 type).

  Neil